Affiliation:
1. Orthodontics, Department of Odontology, Umeå University , Umeå , Sweden
2. Department of Orthodontics, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
3. Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Odontology, Umeå University , Umeå , Sweden
Abstract
Summary
Background
In long-term studies of orthodontic, orthognathic, and prosthodontic treatments, control subjects are needed for comparison.
Objectives
To study the craniofacial (skeletal, soft tissue, and dental) changes that occur in untreated subjects with normal occlusion between 13 and 62 years of age.
Materials/Methods
Thirty subjects with a Class I normal occlusion and harmonious facial profile were studied. X-ray examinations were performed at 13 (T1), 16 (T2), 31 (T3), and 62 (T4) years of age, and data were obtained from cephalograms. In total, 53 angular and linear parameters were measured using superimposition-based and conventional cephalometric methods to describe the craniofacial changes.
Results
The jaws showed significant anterior growth from T1 to T2, and significant retrognathism from T3 to T4. The anterior face height and jaw dimensions increased significantly until T3. Significant posterior rotation of the mandible and opening of the vertical jaw relation, in addition to significant retroclination of the incisors and straightening of the facial profile, were found from T3 to T4.
Limitations
Given the small sample size at T4, it was not possible to analyse the gender dimension.
Conclusions/Implications
Craniofacial changes continue up to the sixth decade of life. These changes are consistent, albeit to a lesser extent, with the adolescent growth patterns for most of the studied parameters, with the exceptions of incisor inclination, sagittal jaw position, vertical jaw relation and inclination, and posterior face height.
Funder
Medical Faculty of Umeå University, Sweden
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Cited by
6 articles.
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